WIND What can wind do at it's worst? Presenter Donal MacIntyre exposes himself to 100 mile-per-hour gales in a laboratory wind tunnel to understand the devestating force that powered Hurricane Andrew and created an unprecedented cluster of tornados in the midwest. Meanwhile two balloonists entrust their lives to the fickle forces of the jet stream and we learn how the earth-circling winds were put to deadly use by the Japanese during World War II.
WET Ride with the rain from the wettest place in Europe to the wettest place in the world with a stop under the parched Texan skies where farmers hope to harness the power of nature to create rain. From the first drop of a monsoon to the floods that kill millions each year water brings life and death in equal measure.
COLD Spectacular avalanches and ice storms are only a few of the bizarre phenomena that come with winter. But what about pure cold? After half an hour in his underwear at minus 18 degrees?? Donal has to be rescued or die?? as his body begins to shut down. So how do the Inuit in Greenland?? and the Danish sledge patrol survive at 40 below?
HEAT The sun's energy ca